Nguyen Thi

Mrs. Nguyen Thi M. lives with three children in district Nghi Loc, province Nghe An. Her husband, Mr. Hoang Van Chiem, and their oldest son work away from home as construction workers. They only visit home once a month. In order to raise her three kids, Mrs. M. works really hard on her 1.4-acre field of rice and peanut and breeds pigs and poultry. During the first year joining the Fund, she borrowed $200 to buy pigs and poultry. From this, she earned an average of $20-30 per month. Encouraged by the initial success, she continued to borrow money to develop her business. Unfortunately, her youngest son got in an accident. All the savings from M.’s project as well as the family income is used for the hospital and medicine bills. Although facing a lot of difficulties, Mrs. M. still believes in a bright future. Now her youngest son has just been able to walk again. M. hopes that in 10 years, by the time she is 60, all of her children would be well-educated and each would have a good job. Mr.s M. wants to borrow $500 to buy more pigs to expand her project, bringing more income to her family.